About Barter & Associates

Barter & Associates, Inc. was founded in 1982 as a Structural Engineering firm by Marc S. Barter. The original goal of the firm was, and still is today, to provide clients with economical and technically correct solutions to their problems, whether it was the design of new building or the correction of a problem with an existing structure. We accomplish this by employing excellent engineers, technically competent and singularly focused on the client’s problem. Our original business plan has not changed:  Use the best tools we can find to provide the best solution and present it in the most understandable format possible. Our business culture does not employ the term “work it out in the field”.  We strive to produce accurate, understandable solutions with time spent in the office to avoid unnecessary time spent during construction.

Over the years, we have designed hospitals, school buildings at the K-12, college, and university level. We have designed, nursing facilities, retail buildings, federal, state, and local buildings as well as multifamily residential complexes. Some of our most complex assignments have been industrial where we have designed structures associated with oil storage, liquid natural gas storage, and marine activities such as barge and ship berths. We have also worked on many historic structures destined to become rubble without a creative structural solution that allowed for adaptive reuse or just stabilization.

We have also provided a myriad of services such as analysis of existing structures to support new or different loads, storm damage assessments, and performed failure investigations.  When requested, we have provided litigation support. We also have provided clients with special inspection services on our own projects as well as those of other engineers.

In the interest of staying current with the ever-changing construction environment, our engineers attend seminars, webinars, and participate in professional development well beyond that which is required by licensing authorities. Building codes have evolved in the decades since the firm was founded. Materials of construction are higher strength, lighter, and more resilient. Clients deserve well informed solutions to their problems that are linked to 21st century technology. This can only be accomplished with seasoned engineers undergoing constant retraining resulting in experience coupled with technology applied in a measured and sensible manner.